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"On the other hand, to do my Will is to live with two wills,
so that when I give orders to carry out mine, creatures feel the
weight of their own will, which causes resistance and, even
though they faithfully execute the orders of my Will, they feel
the weight of their rebellious nature, their passions and
inclinations. And how many Saints, in spite of having reached
the highest perfection, feel this will of theirs that goes to war
with them, that keeps them oppressed. They are obliged to cry:
'Who will free me from this body of death, from the will that
wants to destroy the good that I wish to do?'

"The living in my Will is to live as a son. It could be
said by comparison that only doing my Will is to live as a
servant. In the first, what the Father possesses, so also
does the son. Moreover, it is well known that the servants
are obligated to make more sacrifices than the son. It is up
to them to endure the most tiring and most lowly
services—in the cold, heat, traveling by foot, and other
such tasks. In fact, how much have my Saints not done,
although my dearest friends, to carry out the orders of my
Will? On the other hand, the son is with his father, who
takes care of him, cheers him with his kisses and with his
caresses. The son commands and orders the servant as
though he were the father. If he leaves, he does not go by
foot but travels by carriage. And if the son possesses all
that belongs to the father, he does not give the servants
more wages or reward than are merited by the work they
have done. They remain free to serve or not to serve their
master. And if they do not serve, they no longer have a
right to receive any reward or compensation. On the other
hand, between father and son, no one can dissolve these
intimate relations by which the son possesses the goods
of the father. No law, either celestial or terrestrial, can
annul these rights, because the relationship between
father and son can never be broken.
"My daughter, the living in my Will is a living that most
approaches the Blessed in Heaven. It is as distant from those
who simply conform to my Will and faithfully do It as Heaven is
from earth, or a son from a servant, or a king from his subject.
And moreover, this is a gift that I want to give in these times so
sad: That they not only do my Will, but that they possess It.
Can I not, as owner, give what I wish, when I wish and to whom
I wish? Is not an owner able to say to a servant: 'Live in my

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